> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 3:47 AM
> To: Brin-L
> Subject: Re: Barghouti
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > << Captured Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti has told Israeli
> > interrogators that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat personally
> > approved weapons funding for attacks against Israelis,
> Prime Minister
> > Ariel Sharon's office said Thursday. >>
> >
> > Gee, I'm shocked. :::Yawn::: Shocked.
I'm not really shocked either, but I certainly will be witholding
judgement until more facts are in from a less biased source than
Sharon's interrogation unit.
> BTW: Calling people blatently 'apologists for the
> Palestinians' (thereby intentionally or unintentionally
> conjuring up images of holocaust denialists) up front, simply
> because there is a chance of someone not agreeing with you or
> the overall American point of view, isn't an argument.
RE: overall American pov - don't mistake the discourse on this list or
that of our American politicians as the overall perspective. Many
Americans are struggling with watching an embattled ally and friend
(Israel) commit what, to many of us, are excesses. Is this what we have
to look forward to in our "War on Terror '02"? Our current President
has put forth a vision that is flat, simplistic, and belies his small
world-view, setting a tone and context for debate that has trouble
wrestling with the realities a situation like Israel has to deal with.
This overly basic and somewhat flawed perspective on world conflicts may
dominate our media, but there are many, many Americans for whom it is
not a case of black & white, Israel=good & Palastinians=bad.
-j-
